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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

Not . great many New York women
Know about the umbrella bargain shop; IL
does not advertise itself, and those who
are IN the secret are too shrcwd to spread
the secret and thereby lessen their own
chances for that triumph dear TO the To-
male heart. One woman, at least, whose
income Is limited, makes that bargain
shop stand her In good stead, and man
ages, by the aid Of a skillful seamstress
= no comes to her by the day, 10 dress bet
Ser than women with twice her income.
Che shop itself IS carried on in about thus
fashion: Down stairs is an umbrella shop,
where a little old Hebrew does meager
business. Above there are three or four
rooms, where his wife. little old He
brew lady, carries on the real business OF
The establishment. In cedar closets,
ranged all about the walls, are gorgeous
costumes in various stages Of freshness
and good repair. shoes, slippers, bonnets,
furs. great boxes OF long gloves, under
wear MISUNDERSTANDING that WO-
men wear. The old Hebrew lady gets
hold of these things IN all sorts OF ways
Many of them are the wardrobes OF peo-
pie who have had to 20 suddenly INTO
mourning: others are sold cut each sea.
son by women who want TO get rid OF all
their old things aud get something toward
the bills for the new; and others, again,
perfectly fresh and unworn, have a curl
Gus history.
There are women of wealth whose hus-
bands will pay unlimited milliners' bills,
out will not give them ready money, aud
when they need the latter they simply
order home costumes, bonnets, furs or
gloves, the bill for which their husbands
will pay. and the goods are sold to the old
bargain maker for ready cash, though Tar
below their original value. These the
aforesaid slilltul woman buys at bar
gain. and by the aid Of a seamsuess re-
models. reflts and makes over the dresses
for her own wear. She gets gloves ln the
same way sometimes, and bonnets, aud
manages e. drive many a go~i bargain
with Nine. Umbrella. SEC Al rate
actresses also buy from the ole woman
and with little reloOping and furnishing
manage to look very stylish and present
able in these second hand clothes. some
Of the slim ones buy the gowns Of FAT
dowagers ami find enough material 10
make two dresses from one. Meanwhile
Mime Umbrella ia making fortune
New York World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07
storage Battery Motors.

am satisfied that the gentlemen who
invested such enormous sums Of money in
cable railway plants will soon have occa-
sion to regret It. / am rs well satisfied as
am that the sun will rise tomorrow
that the onlySogical street railway motor
Is that Of electricity carried ON the cars ID
storage batteries. l have investigated the
matter, and pronounce at least two Of the
motors now before the public as success
full. Just now they are expensive, BIT
the principle is established. One or IT,
years at the most viii have brought abe !
the improvements that will make the cleo
tric motor the safest, surest and CHEAPEST
Of motors. Mind you, / mean storSss
battery motors, for anything il Ia be pre-
terred 10 the overhead wire system or
which so much is said | make the pre-
diction that inside Of ten years the cable
system will have been abandoned, except
In instances OF very heavy grades, such 10
obtain in San Francisco Is. Nuu'
mings IL Glebe Democrat.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07
G,p.ies Seeking Winter Quarters.

From the 1T 10 the 10Th Of November
the great movement of the American gyi-
sizes from their wandering merripeu. OF
lie. uuon the road 10 winter quarters s
ia full progress. some begin to fly from
the frosty days month earlier Others
wait with dOggel sort OF cllnging 10 the
tent homes until fairly driven from them
by howunr December storms Last year
| was guest with band near Mount
Tom, ia Maine as late as Thanksgiving
day, and until 1t was 80 rigorous lh that
re ZION that every time we got water from
the little stream hard by, we were COM
pcied To break the ice upon it. Ere
quently the larger bands divide into sew
eral smaller portions. These gradually
work their way back from extreme north
ern points 70 their winter homes In cities
and towns, or 10 where the climate Is
tolerable for little longer stay IN their
loved ont VI door existence.
Their far annual pllgrimages are re-
markahle. have visited gypsy bands IN
New Brunswick whose members owned
property in Central Texas Beginning in
February they Travelled leisnrciy I'm the
finest OF wagons and with groves OF the
finest horses. trading, selling dickering
dukkering telling fortunes along, as the
season advanced fairly coming with the
spring from the sonth, until June lOuud
them. ike many a more aristocratlc wan
derer. along the shores OF the ST CroiX-
During September they would traverse
the New England states In October they
we're across New York and Pennsy lvania
and well into Kentucky; and before the
Christmastide had come, they we're back
at their own home for a two months.
putter and preparation for tie next
February departure, perhaps across Mis-
souri, aud Iowa, away into the witching
iingles Of the Sank River valley Of Mime
sofa. These annual journeyines often
amount TO 5000 miles, an almost ncom-
preheusibie distance when their apparent
ceaseless roadside tarryings are con.
adered Edgar /. Wakemau' Letter
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07
Bemnre Of tho VIII street Bower.

Extremes proverbially meet, and the
fact is eXemplilied anew IN the love OF
boxing which unites in sort of fellow
ship the gentlemanly broker and the pro
fessional "bruiser" Many Of the brokers
in Wall street and elsewhere in New York
are surprisingly proficient with the gloves.
They take lessons from professors, and
from awkward noyices who put forward
their right duke" rs guard they be
come dangerous antagonists who have
learned to put up their left a. guard aad
10 strike blows with their right which sug-
gest those Of Roman battering ram
Some OF them used 10 take lessons in
nsticuffs in their elegant Wall street offices
from broken nosed and broken down ex-
members of the twenty four foot ring at
50 a lesson and in time they became ex-
pert Many Of the brokers are members
Of athletic clubs and they use the gloves
there Ii is no longar safe for bully to
tack well dressed gentleman, or even
What is termed a dude, Oh the supposi-
ion that he cannot use his hands Some
II the roushs Of the Sixth ward have had
this momentous fact clearly demonstrated
New YORK Cor Washington Post.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

No man, however, Is thoroughly
equipped and thoroughly qualified TO iiil
the position OF managing editor with just
ness aud fairness 10 readers, as well as
10 workers, who has not done a reporters
work, and done ii for years, in all its
devious departments. | believe, too, that
no experience Is so well calculated To fit n
man 10 do work upon the editorial page as
that which the reporter does, though II Is
a notorious fact that the great body OF
editorial writers are ignorant Of the ex-
perience which falls 10 the lot Of the re
porter The EDITORS life, his absence Of
opportunities for contact with men-of
rather for contact with all classes of men
-mauy times result I'm his installing the
proper position for his paper 10 assume
The life If the reporter is calculated TO
make him pre-eminently a man OF the
people, and to give him an insight into
men and measures such a. is found In no
other department Of newspaper work.
Such success rs II attained by the average
editorial writer I'm nine cases out Of ten
comes from such vision Is he may enjoy
through the window Of Intelligence which
the reporter may provide, and some men
have wonderful faculty VI seeing well
Through the reporters eyes.-J. y Mind
ia The Writer.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07
D.ed VI Too lIuch Money.

4 Boston man who, until h. MAS 40,
lived an economic, hardworking life, and
one which vas both happy ami useful,
had the misfortune at that tune Ia i'll
herit from relative fortune Ot SOME
millions lie was instantly overwhelmed
with import unities from all sides. Gifted
with an acutely sensitive New England
conscience he was not only anxious 10 do
gool with his wealth, but lie WAS almost
morbidly afraid that through ignorance
or carelessness he should 40 harm With it.
He investigated with the most painful
care the cases presented 10 him and he
literally agonized over the things lac de
sired 10 do, that he feared 10 do AID those
that he was urged to do. Two years Of
this worry killed him. His physician
said afterward that the certificate to be
accurate should have been filled ont 70
read, Died Of his money" and the state
ment would have been literally true 49,
Providence Journal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

The text Of the Supreme Court decision
reveals nothing further than what we
stated yesterday. The contest on the
debt question, if there is to be contest
still, Is just where it was before the State
officers were imprisoned by Judge Bond,
and the constitulionality Of the coupon
crusher remains to be tested.
People can still tender coupons for
taxes, and If the obstruction is ia the
way in the form Of sui. by the State,
the difficulty still remains for the in
ducement to save fifty per cent. in taxes
will cause enough people to use coupons
and the State will still be involved in q
long and hurtful fight against her cred
itOrs.
Whether she forces the creditors OF
the creditors force her to u settlement
makes no difference, provided both par
ties agree 10 the settlement; but The
forcing of the Riddleberger bill will be
taken all over the world rs IA stroke Of
reputation.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

Mr. Blaine was an interested spectator
from the gallery CT the election of Sadi-
Carnot as President Of the French Re
public, and il must have been most edify-
Ing to the American statesman, who
hopes to be President of the United States,
TO hear and see that the choice OF Carnot
was a tribute TO high, unblemisbed char
acter, unsmircbed through a life time
with suspicion of fraud
When success and failure thus get
side by side, and in such representative
personsges, the spectacle is instructive,
especially TO the failure
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

Lord Lyons. who has Just died, was
minister to the United States for several
years. From 1876 to 1858 he wss Secre-
,ary Of Legation at Florence, but was
appointed British Minister at washing
ton in the latter year His service in
this country extended over The entire
period Of The civil war In 1863 Lord
Lyons was appointed Ambassador to
Consianliuopole, and in 1856. he WI
transferred to Paris, where he continued
TO represent bis country until "a few weeks
ago, when Lord Lylton Was named as
his successor.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07
s~s..,cs Of Nitrous Oxide.

Il was the flrst and only tfmo e'et
toot nitrous oxide gas. The next tooth
ont viii have been the second. The rub
her bao was attached. lay back In the
chair composed. The mouthpiece was
applied. The first sensations OF the gas
we're neculiarly peculiar. You know how
9, Ga Yourself. Completely under its infiu-
ence, l became an immense oomosneii;
and was placed In one OF the iarges. Vi
siege mortars. 1t was before Yorktown.
The lanyard was pulled, and the mortar
discharged with terrific, TO me stun
ming. report. The shell-that Is, was
fred aloft with the velocity OF well oiled
streak of lightning. felt myself flying
through the heavens above. The fuse
burned was not on "a starring tour,
but "what goes up must come down. !
reached the highest possible altitude, ana,
making a graceful curve, prepared 10 de-
scend | was about TO burst. l felt the
fire Of the fuse as IL burned down to the
iron shell. was descending as rapidly
as had gone up. Why did not bnrsU
Still downward, downward, downward
rushed. until felt should strike the
ground without bursting-a terrible ca
lamty. felt the fuse burn into the hole
in the iron shell aud thought, "Hurrah
Now | am going to burst" mo, IN
not burst " But cannot help myself. "
If must burst" Then feeling OF u
don't care whether burst or mott came
over me, and | did burst into smith
Greens, with an intense feeling of relief as
IA | flew into tidbits and tenderloins.
When was relieved from the effect Of
the gas found that the first pull the
dentist had made he pulled the whole
crown Of the tooth OFF That was when
the mortar was discharged Then he cut
around the roots aud felt the sensation
of soaring aloft In the meantime the
fuse burned Finally the dentist affixed
his instrument of torture and with one
mighty effort severed my whole head from
the roots Of the tooth. The shell burst.
The sensations were as real rs though
had been a living bombshell, and yet were
not unpleasant. There was feeling OF
abandon about Il all that was enjoyable.
/ experienced no III effect New YORK
Letter
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

The Alexandria Gdzette concludes that
the practical effect of to days decision
Of the United States Supreme Court in
the Virginia hd5eds corpus cases is to leave
the Virginia debt as far from settlement
as ever. Some people, who can afford it,
will continue 10 tender coupons In pay
ment of taxes, and when their property
Is levied upon will sue for trespsss.
Poor people, however, will, as heretofore,
be compelled TO pay their taxes In money.
The court discharged the officers, but
held that there is difference between
the simple institution Of suit by the
State against party for rendering cou-
pons, and the execution of judgment
by levy"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

though the new Senator from "esi
Virginia, Mr.. Faulkner, has not been
seated, IL only remains for the Com
mit,ee ON Privileges and Elections 10
consider and pass npon his case
OF course he will get the seat, and the
Senate will stand as We have stated it
,hirty-nine Republicans TO thirty-scveD
Democrats, with the chance that Riddle
berger may vote with the Democrats on
any question and tie the Senate. Last
wear the Republicans snubbed kiddleber-
ger Now they are trying to pet him
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

The paper sent 10 Congress yesterday
by the President Is as wise and compre-
hensibIe as possible. lie leaves the re-
ports Of the heads Of the Departments to
speak for themselves and addresses him
self to the reform OF the tariff, beginning
with this text:
"Our scheme Of taxation by means of
which this needless surplus is taken from
the people and PM into The public Treas.
uary, consists of tariff or duty levied
upon importation from abroad ana me
internal revenue taxes levied upon the
consumption Of tobacco and spiritaous
and malt liquors"
He states that the surplus accumuls-
ting from these sources will amount 10
i4O 900 900 next June, end then reviews
the methods that have been used and ex-
hsusted to keep down the surplus, espe'
cially the purchase Of Government bonds
by the Secretary Of the Treasury on his
own authority. This last method the
President criticises as utterly wrong and
dangerous, and he then refers at length
to the fsllacy In all methods that bring
the Government treasury in too close re-
lations with the business of the country.
The message treats ably of the dangers
of accumulating vast surplus, and says
that the WAYS In Tie power OF The Gov
eminent for reducing 1t having been ex-
hausted the responsibility must rest with
Congress TO remedy the evil.
He, therefore, proposes That Congress
shall go to the perfectly pslpsble anu
apparent cause, constantly reproducing
the same alarming circumstanoes-a con
gested national Treasury and depleted
monetary condition in the business OF
the country
Then follows II ter-e explanation ol The
operation of The protective tarih in tax
log the nesessarics Of life aud giving 10
the domestic MANUFACTURED immense m
stead of moderate and tnir profits As
20 The Republican plea 81 protecting la
Dor. the President rcmaiks that
The number OF lab0rers so pro
tected is about Two and a
half millions, and that even these ale
subject To The higher rates for the ncces-
saries Of life that cause their wages 10
be virtually less than tley would Ie
under freer system The message en-
plains that the proposed reforms in The
tariff have nothing to do with theories
of free trade. There are four thousand
duiiable articles, many OF which do not
compete with our domestic manufactures,
and a reduction can be made by putting
these on the free list.
One Of the most striking passages OF
the message is the recommendation Tor
free raw materials, by which, says the
President, "our people might have the
opportunity of extending their sales be
yond the limits OF home consumption
saving them from the depression and in
terruption Of business and loss caused
by a elutted domestic market, and Afford
ing their employees more certain and
steady labor with its resulting quiet and
contentment.'
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

The poetry and hnmor OF our esteemed
friend the Dispatch got on regular lark
Yesterday in treating of the hdteds corpus
decisions. What does 1t all amount to
The State owes debt and honesty, pol
icy and judgment point to totally dill
ferent line from that which is being pur-
sued. Bond, the "Satrap," and the cred
itors as Enemies OF tie State" and the
Supreme Court have but little to do with
the fundamental question.
That question Is before the people, and
1, 10 merely put into bad shape when
prejudice and passion take bold OF H.
We cannot settle by the RiddlebergeI
bill unless we get the consent of the
creditors, which they persistently refuse,
and II We proceed In the plan Of
killing the coupon, still the coupon
can be vitslized by the very court that
lust now gives US vantage ground on
which 10 fight ii.
W. may t~Sftt S<st te~' wv "~"@
holders ought TO have accepted our offer
last year, or that they violate tie SOW
ereign,y Of State In hauling 1t before
a Federal court But all the same the
difficulty remains, and all the time we
refuse to settle the debt the political dan.
ger, incident to the open situation, in
creases, and the outside world calls US
repudiators.
Now, II the Legislature thinks that
Bond and the creditors are utterly beaten,
90 much the more reason for bringing
the question to a standard Of public hon
esty and putting It to the honor Of the
people Of Virginia without any talk abou,
Federal satrap or enenlieA
II something Of this sort Is not done
the reputation element Of the Demo
cratic party will cause = break in the
party ~ the Readjusters did.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

The absence OF MIR, Billy Malone S
picturesque SLOUGH hat from the cloak
room of the Senate must be a gratifying
thing 10 the august statesmen, who, In
the intervals Of State affairs, beguile the
time In those luxuriant recesses around
the chamber.
There has rarely been seen more
prominently disagreeble figure in the
Senate than that of Malone. lie was the
cockatrce of the body as an impersona-
ton OF impudence and audacity, and his
career and the disgraceful bargain lac
represented, the betrayal of his party,
aud his championship of the downward
course OF his State, will long be remem-
bered
How long Virginia will take TO recover
her political health from the CHASTITY In
ooulstion of Mahoneism, nobody car
now tell.
A certain set OF men manage to WELD
an influence In the Democratic party on
the very principles that Malone cham
ploned, and II the truth must be told, un
less they are stopped. the thousands OF
Democrats who did not vote In the last
election will increase TO tens OF thou
sands.
Is II not a sood time to reform Ma
honeism In our own party, when the great
author of It Is making his exit from The
back door Of the Senate.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

The convention of Republican clubs
to be held in New York City next Thurs
day week and the National Committee
meeting fixed for Thursday of this week
in Washington. will set the Republican
political pot TO boiling. Already strong
delegations from five different cities have
started or are about to start for Washing
ton to urge the claims and advantages OF
their respective towns Tor holding the
convention.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER

The choice Of Mr.. Cardwell for Speaker
Of the House by the Democratic caucus
last night was good one, and the state
IL fortunate In having in such place a
sensible, patriotic, and straightforward
man, who has won the confidence OF the
people every time he has appeared In a
responsible capacity.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

There have been such things IN Ems
land as smoking concerts, where every one
In the audience was permitted 10 smoke II
he wished. Now It Is said that singing
In the smsfy atmosphere Injuries tho
throat. and good artists will not appear at
the concerts. Chicago News.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

Mr.. William l.. Shepherds story of
"Shedrick the Fiddler" In Harper's Weskla
is q beautiful piece of literary work In
the line of character portraiture, and Is
wildly natural. The illustration 10 pecu-
liarly fine, and the sketch as 1t appears
will make gem to put In scrap-book.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

Professor Cushman has unearrhed q
city and 1000 skeletons in southern Ari
IONA.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

The frenzy Of nations is the statesman
ship Of fate. -Bulwer Lytton.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

The Philadelphia Times says OF the
States rights part OF the recent decision (.
The pendulum, as Justice Miller lately
said, had swung so far away from the
just recognition Of the authority of the
States that il had become important to
reassert the true constitutional doctrine
with emphasis.
The decision in the Kansas case is in
the same line. The regulation Of the
liquor traffic is within the police powers
OF the States, and the authority OF the
Federal judiciary is not TO be strained to
interfere with an exercise of legislative
discretion. People will begin to find out
by and by that the Constitution OF the
United States has not been abrogated."
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

There is--or rather there is not-the
Hon. William II. Morrison of Monroe
county, Illinois. lie had been in the
House continuously for fourteen years
For at least ten years his ability and force
OF character had made him one OF the
most prominent Democrats In Congress
lie represented, more than any other
leading Democrat, the imprsclicsble,
irreconcilable, and unappeasable side of
tariff reform. Morrison is out.
The Hon. Albert 5. Willis, OF Kentucky,
the consistent champion aud persistent
promoter Of the logrolling River and
Harbor appropriations, is also out-N
| Y. San.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-07

tN- The TINES will be mailed to your al
dress while out Of the city at BIC. per month
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-30

Charles Larsen Wilberp, ON Monday,
April %, at the Sheldon q Shafcr mine,
Of inflammation Of the lungs. The de-
ceased was young man twenty-nine
years of age and single, and was hard
worker. lie was born in Eidenvold,
Norway, and came 90 the United states
in 1881. The remains were Inferred in
the cemetery here cn Tuesday Too
much praise can not be given Supt. Carl.
sheldon, for the manner in which hecarcd
for the sick man, the manner In which he
conducted the funeral OF the remains
a son would not have received better
treatment. Such actsas thisendear him
Go his employees.